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Hello,
quite some time I'm experiencing problems with my middle mouse button. (I'm using a Logitech Bluetooth Mouse.)
Now it started to _really_ bug me and I realized I need help
The problem is as follows:
If I want to open a new Firefox tab and press the mouse wheel (aka middle mouse button) it usually does nothing. Then I start to press the button multiple times and finally it works. But sometimes, it works on first try. It is usually the same with pasting. (And sometimes it pastes it twice, even if I click only once.)
Where might be the root of this behavior?
(My touchpad works correctly.)
Thanks!
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Hi, sounds like a damaged mouse button. Have had same behavior on my old mouse with button 1.
You could emulate the middle button by adding this
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
to the mouse section of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Simultaneous pressing left and right muse button then emulates the middle button.
Last edited by wudu (2011-02-10 13:29:33)
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Is there a way to check if it is indeed broken? Like a tool which runs always in the background and shows me, if I press the mouse button?
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Yes there is.
With xev you get a little window where you can click on and see the resulting events in your console window.
It shows pressing and releasing events.
It should be installed already, I think it comes with xorg.
Last edited by wudu (2011-02-10 13:53:57)
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I'll second what wudu says. This doesn't sound like a software issue. You can even try using the same mouse on another PC or on an Ubuntu LiveCD and see if it still acts the same way. My guess is that it will.
Even brand new mice sometimes have poor middle mouse button designs. I have a problem with my middle mouse button: It requires me to really press down on it, and sometimes it will start scrolling down pages if I'm not careful. This is a brand new mouse!
Last edited by flan_suse (2011-02-10 17:21:35)
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